Check PostgreSQL extensions before choosing DigitalOcean Advanced Edition
Audit PostgreSQL extensions, compare Advanced Edition costs, and test a safe migration path after DigitalOcean's October 6 extension update.
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Infrastructure and Hosting
Hosting, self-hosting, storage, streaming, and operational guides for systems you can reason about, recover, and explain when something breaks.
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DigitalOcean backups vs snapshots: what should you pay for?
Choose DigitalOcean backups, snapshots or both with dated cost examples, database and volume limits, and a restore checklist for a self-hosted server.
Self-hosted Ghost vs Ghost(Pro): costs and maintenance
Compare self-hosted Ghost with Ghost(Pro), including email delivery, annual billing, backups, analytics, maintenance, and who should choose each route.
Where to host WordPress: VPS or managed hosting?
Choose between a WordPress VPS and managed hosting by comparing running costs, backups, email, maintenance, and a practical migration checklist.
Deploy a Valheim server on a DigitalOcean Droplet
Run a private Valheim dedicated server on a DigitalOcean Droplet with SteamCMD, a narrow firewall, systemd, save backups, and a safe update routine.
Run Kubernetes GPU jobs on Spot with an on-demand fallback
Configure DOKS Spot GPU pools, autoscaling, affinity and PDBs. Test an on-demand fallback and compare cost per completed Kubernetes GPU job.